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The thing is: I submitted a bunch of interesting (to me) links this morning and this is the one to get front-page attention. I don't understand the difference.
by robg 17y ago
The thing is: I submitted a bunch of interesting (to me) links this morning and this is the one to get front-page attention. I don't understand the difference. Indeed, this seemed to me to be the most superficial among them. But with my wife and I recently wondering how "like" entered our own speech patterns, it interested me.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoI can't comment on the collective voting pattern on HN, but my objection to Hitchens' piece is that he buries what might have been an interesting etymology of "like" under a mountain of prescriptive humbug.
- robg 17y agoFair enough. But that is Hitchens. You didn't have to click the link to know that's his MO.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoAh, Hitchens. The right wing can have him. :)